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A History of the County of Lancaster
… from 1822; a library was formed in 1854, and a working men's institute in 1867. Public pleasure grounds were opened in … centuries, the last occurrence being in 1647. 'God's providence is our habitation' is carved on the front of a … and to John, Robert, and Elizabeth, children of Thomas Oliver; Towneley MS. DD. n. 210. The will of John Croft, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the following wards: Foxhill Bank, Immanuel. St. Michael's, St. Oswald's, St. Paul's. The gas and water works belong to the council. … Parker 35 sold his lands to John Radcliffe of Radcliffe. Oliver Parker, who had lands in Knuzden and elsewhere, 36 in …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… run from east to west, one near the river from St. Michael's to Hambleton, and another further north from Garstang to … in Rawcliffe, Thistleton and Greenhalgh, tenable by knight's service. 4 The Rawcliffe here intended seems to be Mid … hill of Theobald Walter by the twelfth part of a knight's fee, 5 Out Rawcliffe at the same time being held by tenants …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… by a different tenure, viz. in thegnage by a rent of 15 s. It was assessed as three plough-lands. 9 In a rental of … Otway, one of his legatees, the manor was sold to Oliver Martin or Marton early in the 18th century. 45 Little … also from 1748 till his death in 1758, when his brother Oliver, noticed among the vicars of Lancaster, succeeded. At …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Great Harwood loop of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company's line from Blackburn to Burnley via Accrington. With the … required Padiham and the adjacent townships to raise 4 17 s. 5 d. towards each 100 levied on the hundred. The separate … The following have been incumbents: Chantry Priests 1445 Oliver Hall 51 1486 Ralph Taylor 52 1495 John Shuttleworth 53 …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 1241 it was found that (Great) Pendleton had rendered 3 7 s. 10 d. to John de Lacy. 3 The compotus of 1295 shows a return of 6 4 s. 2 d. for the farm of Pendleton and Wymondhouses, 1 d. from … is derived from Nightingale, Lancs. Nonconf. ii, 18696. Oliver Heywood mentions preaching in the night; Diaries, i, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… in Pendlebury. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Company's railways from Manchester to Bolton and to Hindley pass … of the township. The London and NorthWestern Company's Manchester and Liverpool line crosses the southern part of … in 1891. The township is divided into six wardsSt. Thomas's, St. Paul's, Charlestown, Hope, Seedley, and Weaste. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… branch of the same railway. The duke of Bridgewater's, now the Manchester Ship Canal Co.'s, canal traverses the township for a short distance on the … D. Hist. and Gen. Notes. He married Helen, daughter of Oliver Culcheth of Culcheth. Local Gleanings, 482. Leigh Par. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… by its bridge; and the London and North Western Company's main line to the north passes through the eastern end of … line is joined by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Company's Liverpool to Preston line. The soil is variousmarsh, marl … in a suit as to Estmar intakes; Ducatus Lanc. iii, 62, 88. Oliver Breres of Preston died in 1572 holding the Spence in …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… was held of the lord of Billington as one plough-land by 8 s. yearly rent, from which fact it may be assumed with some … In that year Elias de Billington acknowledged in the king's court at Lancaster that a plough-land in PLEASINGTON and a … family was entered at St. George's visitation in 1613 by 'Oliver Whauley for my Mr. John Ainesworth'; Visit. (Chet. …